November 15, 2006

Pass the cream, please!

Expressing its deep reservation,When the Supreme Court of the NationBarred the 'creamy layer'From being a quota playerThe government sulked in frustration.

For even a child knows for sure,That though quota is meant for the poor,The cream has the powerTo turn vote banks sourAnd the UPA, this threat can’t endure!

TOI 15/11/06: Faced with the Supreme Court’s ruling that the "creamy layer" principle be extended to Scheduled Castes and Tribes, the UPA government has decided that implementing the apex court’s decision was politically unacceptable and measures to undo the ruling had to be devised. Read about it here